464 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 



GRATIOLA LINN. Gen. 833 (1737). 



Sophronanthe BKNTH. Lindl. Introd. ed. 2, 445 (1835). 

 Nibora RAF. Fl. Lud. 36 (1817). 

 Fonkia PHIL. Linn. XXX, 198 (1856). 



Baillon, Hist. PL IX, 448; Benth. and Hook., Gen. PL II, 953; Durand, 

 Ind. Gen. Phan. 295; Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. IV, 3 6, 75 (von 

 Wettstein). 



Living species: 25; cosmopolitan, but especially in 



extra-tropical regions. Russia, 1; Russian Europe, 1; N. 

 America, 13; S. Sts., 10; Rocky mts , 1; California, 2; Canada, 

 3; E. Sts. 5; PL King, 1; PI. Wheel., 1; W. Tex., 6. 



Gratiola virginiana LINN. Spec. 17 (1753). 

 G. officinalis MICHX. Fl. N. Am. I, 6 (1803). 

 G. carolinensis PERS. Syn. I, 14 (1805). 

 G. negkcta TOBR. Cat. N. Y. PL (1819). 

 G. missouriana BECK, Am. Journ. Sci. ser. i, X, 258 (1826). 

 Conobea borealis SPRENG. Syst. II, 771 (1825). 



Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6ed. 384; Britt., FL N. J. 185; Coult., 

 FL Colo. 281; Upham, Fl. Minn. 99; Chap., Fl. S. St. 292; Mac., FL Can. I, 

 358; Brew, and Wats., FL Calif. I. 570; Wats., King Exp. 227; Roth , Wheel. 

 Exp. 214; Cov., Fl. Ark. 208; Gray, Syn. FL II, 1, 281; Engl. Wettst., Nat. 

 Pflanz. IV, 3, 75; Coult., Fl. Tex. 311. 



North America: Q., Ont to Man., Brit. Col. and N. W. 

 T. ; S. to Oregon and Calif. ; S to Minn., Dak. and Neb. to Ark. ; 

 E. to N. Eng., N. J. and Fla. 



Minn, valley: Forest district to Nicollet Co.; wet 

 places, marshes and peat bogs. 



HERB.: Herrick 204, St. Louis river; Holzinger 146, 

 Winona Co. ; Holzinger 147 and 148, Winona Co. 



ILYSANTHES RAF. Ann. Nat. 13 (1820). 

 Bonnaya LINK and OTT. PL Sel. 25 (1840). 



Baillon, Hist. PL IX, 458 (sub Torenia Linn.); Benth. and Hook., Gen. 

 PL II, 955; Durand, Ind. Gen. Phan. 295; O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. II, 461; 

 Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. IV, 36, 80 (von Wettstein). 



Living species: 17; tropical regions, and N. America 

 and Australia; S. Africa. N. America, 3; S. Sts. 3; Canada, 

 1; California, 1; E. Sts., 1; W. Tex., 1. 



Ilysanthes gratioloides (LINN.) BENTH. DC. Prodr. X, 418 



(1846). 



Capraria gratioloides LINN. Spec. 2 ed. 876*(1762). 

 Gratiola anagallidea MICHX. FL N. Am. I, 5 (1803). 

 G. dilatata MUHL. Cat. (1813). 

 TAndemia pyxidaria PURSH, FL Am. 419 (1814). 

 Herpestis caUitrichoides HBK. N. Gen. et Spec. (1818). 

 Ilysanthes riparia RAF. Ann. Nat. 13 (1820). 

 ? Gratiola tetragona ELL. Sk. I, 15 (1821). 

 G. attenuata SPRENG. Syst. I, 39(1825). 



